Welcome tO The CSS Library

The CSS Collection
Minutes of the General Meetings
Links to Online Resources

The CSS Collection at the Library

Canyonlands Sustainable Solutions, together with the Grand County Library, have combined resources to make the the following reference books available for regular check-out at the Grand County Library. They are organized as the CSS Collection and have been tagged in the online catalog with the term "Canyonlands Sustainable." Below is a snapshot of the books in the CSS Collection as of July 17, 2008:

You can also see the up-to-date list of all books in the CSS Collection here in the Grand County LIbrary Online Catalog. Just do a Keyword search using "Canyonlands Sustainable."

If you have a book you would like to donate to the CSS Collection at the Grand County Public Library, email the online forum or bring it up at the appropriate workgroup's next meeting. Work group meetings are posted on the group calendar. Follow the same proceedure for any books titles you'd like to suggest the library to purchase for inclusion in the CSS Collection. All donations or suggested purchases should be vetted through the work group and the work group leader should be the person to contact the library about the donation or suggested purchase.

minutes of the General Meetings

The minutes for most of our general meetings are available as Word documents. Click, download and view the downloaded document in Word.

Dec. 5, 2007
Jan. 9, 2008
Feb. 6, 2008
Mar. 5, 2008
Apr. 2, 2008
Jul. 2, 2008

Links to Online Resources:

ICMA (International City/County Management Association) sponsored a national teleconfrence, Sustainable Communities:  Successful Leadership Strategies, on July 17 which a group of locals attended. Here is a copy of the PowerPoint presentation that accompanied it. We're working on obtaining a recording of the 90 min. conversation.

City of Portland, Oregon: On December 20, 2006, Portland's City Council adopted a resolution creating the Sustainable City Government Partnership, a collaborative citywide effort to integrate sustainable practices and resource efficiency into municipal operations. View the following PDF file to learn more: BIP #18 – Sustainable City Government Partnership
Visit the Web site of the Bureau Innovation Team #18, which is the group that developed these recommendations.

Relocalization Network: check out the largest network of local and regional groups working in a vein similar to CSS and of which CSS is a chapter member.

Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute on the question of "Is World Oil Peaking?"